# Valhalla Rising (2010)

> A mute Norse warrior and a boy slave cross from captivity into a fog-shrouded wilderness where brutal survival becomes a cryptic spiritual reckoning.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/23746

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Adventure, Drama, Action, Fantasy
- Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
- Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Gary Lewis, Jamie Sives, Ewan Stewart, Alexander Morton, Callum Mitchell, Andrew Flanagan, Douglas Russell
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0862467/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: bleak, hypnotic, foreboding, late night cinephile viewing, dark historical fantasy marathon

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